Section 20 – Directorate of Prosecution.– The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 20 – Directorate of Prosecution.– (1) The State Government may establish,—(a) a Directorate of Prosecution in the State consisting of a Director of Prosecution and as…
Section 19 – Assistant Public Prosecutors. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 19 – Assistant Public Prosecutors. – (1) The State Government shall appoint in every district one or more Assistant Public Prosecutors for conducting prosecutions in…
Section 18 – Public Prosecutors. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 18 – Public Prosecutors. – (1) For every High Court, the Central Government or the State Government shall, after consultation with the High Court, appoint a…
Section 17 – Subordination of Executive Magistrates. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 17 – Subordination of Executive Magistrates. – (1) All Executive Magistrates shall be subordinate to the District Magistrate, and every Executive Magistrate (other than…
Section 16 – Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 16 – Local Jurisdiction of Executive Magistrates. – (1) Subject to the control of the State Government, the District Magistrate may, from time…
Section 15 – Special Executive Magistrates. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 15 – Special Executive Magistrates. – The State Government may appoint, for such term as it may think fit, Executive Magistrates or any police officer…
Section 14 – Executive Magistrates – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 14 – Executive Magistrates – (1) In every district, the State Government may appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and…
Section 13 – Subordination of Judicial Magistrates. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 13 – Subordination of Judicial Magistrates. – (1) Every Chief Judicial Magistrate shall be subordinate to the Sessions Judge; and every other Judicial Magistrate…
Section 12 – Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 12 – Local Jurisdiction of Judicial Magistrates. – (1) Subject to the control of the High Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate may, from…
Section 11 – Special Judicial Magistrates. – The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) Section 11 – Special Judicial Magistrates. – (1) The High Court may, if requested by the Central or State Government so to do, confer upon any…